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...down a lengthy explanation and had just about finished it when the prof. remarked that it was of no importance whatever. Why couldn't he tell a fellow before he started out on it? A professor should consider whether he knows more about the subject and can present it in a better way than the best text-books...
Professor Huxley has been appointed Sir Robert Rede's lecturer at Cambridge, England, during the present year. The professor's connection with Cambridge has recently become more close and authoritative from his selection as one of the non-resident electors to the professorships of anatomy and physiology...
...full text of the most famous portion of Dr. Crosby's recent speech on college athletics we present below, deeming it important and unique enough for such repetition in our columns...
...obliged, in the first place, to come there. Secondly, he holds that Harvard's position is not "illogical and absurd," because in other affairs besides college exercises men are trusted on their honor, although it is known that all men cannot invariably be relied upon. The present church and chapel regulations may, he concludes, be inexpedient, but in order to obtain voluntary prayers, there is need of sounder reasons than those offered by "A Student...
...from the world below by a light cloud of blue muslin, from whence floated the music of Wheeler and Wilson's" - sewing machine, we read it first, but it turned out to be a band, - presumably a full brass band. The "elite" and "chaperones," we are told, were all present, and, almost in the same breath, are mentioned the hackmen, florists, and opera-house and hotel managers. These stood outside the gate and "rubbed their hands with glee as the lucre rolled in." What depth of expression and of insight into human nature is here expressed. A poor, common-place...